The Strange Case of Origami Yoda - Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis

Tom Angleberger

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Summary

This next chapter is now from the viewpoint of Kellen, Tommy’s good friend. Kellen is using the bathroom before school starts and goes to erase graffiti off the wall that is written about him. Kellen manages to get water on his pants in the meantime and it looks like he peed himself. Kellen is upset and bumps into Dwight in the bathroom and Kellen asks Yoda for advice. The Origami Yoda tells Kellen to make the entirety of his pants wet so no one can say that Kellen supposedly peed his pants. Kellen follows Yoda’s advice and no one makes fun of him.

Analysis

Kellen seems to be a neat freak and eccentric boy. The reader can tell from the graffiti about Kellen that he is not popular or well liked at all. When he gets his pants wet he gets bent...